I've said here before that the Met's HD telecasts in national theaters are the best arts bargain in the country. Tonight we saw The Magic Flute, which was an abridged film based on their 2006 HD production, the first in their new series. It was spectacular.
The Magic Flute is H's favorite opera. Not mine. It doesn't make my short list. I don't buy into the heavy symbolism, myth or didactic tone, which are seldom rescued by the music for me. But what a production this is! With puppets and dazzling costumes, an amazing set, stagecraft and theatricality of the highest -- and most expensive -- order, the film is a visual feast. I really don't like the opera that much but tonight I wasn't bored for a moment.
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